Rotterdam Zoo.

[Ferry_vO]

A lot of animal photos lately; promise there will be different shots later this week (Cars, aircraft..)

These are from a visit to the Rotterdam Zoo today; only been there once before a few years ago. A good collection of animals and a lot of reptiles!

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[Ferry_vO]

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Holland's most famous gorilla, Bokito, who escaped and attacked three visitors a couple of years ago:

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A Comodo dragon!:

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[Chacha]

Thanks for sharing Ferry!
Those shots are so cool....
I love them...
I wish I could take great photos like that!

[kilo delta]

Great shots,Ferry! Had to laugh at the expression on the bird in the 2nd last pic....looks exactly like my wife after receiving the monthly credit card statement! :d

[Ferry_vO]

Great shots,Ferry! Had to laugh at the expression on the bird in the 2nd last pic....looks exactly like my wife after receiving the monthly credit card statement! :d

:icon_lol:

It's an Australian bird, called a 'Tawny frogmouth' (Podargus strigoides).

[demorier]

Tawny Frogmouth are quite friendly criters to humans. Attached photo (not mine) shows there natural disguise....looking like a piece of tree branch.

Some top pics there, got the light just right with most of them.:wavey:

[lefty]

That Scarlet Ibis is just gorgeous. There is one of the Caribbean islands, Tobago I think, where you can canoe along creeks surrounded by huge flocks of these glorious birds. Must be quite a sight.

Great pics again, Ferry.

What's the wee antelope ? Is it a duiker ??

[Ferry_vO]

Great pics again, Ferry.

What's the wee antelope ? Is it a duiker ??

Thanks Mike!

The little Antelope is a South-African 'Klipspringer' : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klipspringer

Had to look that up on the 'net because the three Nile crocodiles and the two (Over 70-year old!) African slender-snouted crocodiles (Mecistops cataphractus) grabbed my attention.. The Hyrax' and their babies in the same enclosure as the klipspringer didn't help either.

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:)